Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

As a nurse, you're used to washing your hands countless times a day, so you're probably also fighting dry skin. The skin on your hands may also crack, which leaves them more open to infection. If ...

Nurses face three times as many hand hygiene opportunities as physicians, study finds Does how frequently a clinician needs to wash his hands affect hand hygiene compliance rates? A recent study ...

Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

Hancock, Mich.-based UP Health System – Portage held its annual nurse competency week, where 100 nurses reviewed policies to prevent patient harm and hospital-acquired infections, WLUC reports. “Our ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Reducing the nurse-to-patient ratio to 1:1 yielded the most significant decreases in transmission of ...

On the fifth floor of the clinic at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, nurses scurry from room to room, tending, soothing, answering questions. It’s an unlikely oasis for contemplation, but that’s what ...

In terms of outcomes, robotics has had a positive influence on nursing at the bedside. HealthLeaders spoke to Jackie Wills, director of robotic services at Virtua Health, about the the role that ...